Bitcoin Suisse has obtained a Crypto Asset Service Supplier (CASP) license below the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Belongings Regulation (MiCAR), issued by the Liechtenstein Monetary Market Authority (FMA), marking a proper entry into the broader European monetary market after greater than a decade of operations in Switzerland.
The license was granted to Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG, a Liechtenstein-based entity based in 2018 that had beforehand operated below the nation’s Token and TT Service Supplier Act (TVTG).
With the MiCAR authorization now in hand, the entity beneficial properties entry to the European Financial Space (EEA) passport framework, permitting it to serve shoppers throughout chosen EEA markets below a single regulatory authorization — a mechanism that turned absolutely relevant throughout all EU member states on December 30, 2024.
Roman Przibylla named as Bitcoin Suisse CEO
Roman Przibylla has been named CEO of Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG to steer the enlargement. Przibylla brings over 15 years of distribution expertise from senior roles at Deutsche Financial institution, Commerzbank, HSBC, Vontobel, and Maverix Securities.
He joined the Bitcoin Suisse Group in late 2025 as Chief Consumer Officer to construct out its industrial operations earlier than being elevated to the European CEO function.
Bitcoin Suisse is positioning its European arm to serve high-net-worth people, company shoppers, and institutional traders. Its core product suite contains buying and selling, custody, and staking, backed by proprietary infrastructure and a devoted relationship supervisor mannequin the corporate describes as a differentiator in a fragmented market.
Group CEO and Co-Founder Andrej Majcen framed the license as a strategic milestone.
“The MiCAR authorization marks a decisive step on our journey in the direction of a worldwide model and ultimately turning into a worldwide wealth administration platform,” Majcen stated in an announcement shared with Bitcoin Journal.
“Along with our presence in Switzerland and Bermuda, we now have the regulatory basis to serve shoppers throughout a few of the world’s most necessary monetary facilities.”
Based in 2013 in Zug, Bitcoin Suisse has grown into one in every of Switzerland’s most established crypto monetary providers companies, with over CHF 6 billion in crypto belongings below custody and a workers of greater than 200 throughout Switzerland, Liechtenstein, the United Arab Emirates, and Bermuda.
The Liechtenstein FMA’s embrace of the MiCAR framework — pre-implemented within the nation as of February 2025 — has positioned the small alpine nation as a pretty base for crypto companies in search of EEA regulatory passporting rights at a time when competitors for CASP licenses throughout Europe has intensified.